I once went to my neighborhood United States Post Office to mail some parcel-post packages to family on the west coast. As I was deciding whether to use parcel post or priority service, the clerk asked me if the boxes contained anything that was liquid, fragile, or had batteries. The clerk did not, however, ask […]
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1906: Merry Christmas from the Parcel-Post Kitten of Yorkville
Posted: 24th December 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Christmas Cat TalesTags: Christmas kitten, Edison Phonograph Toy Manufacturing Company, New York History, Post Office history, talking doll, Thomas Edison Talking Doll, Yorkville
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1932: The Black Cat That Jinxed the Boston Braves at the New York Polo Grounds
Posted: 1st November 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: baseball superstitions, Boston Braves, Carl Hubbell, Coogan's Bluff, Henry Fabian, New York Giants, New York History, Polo Grounds, Tom Zachary
Of all the athletes in the world, baseball players are no doubt the most superstitious of them all. Perhaps that’s why the appearance of a black cat at the Polo Grounds created quite a stir…
1906: Lulu Grover and the East Harlem Cats She Bequeathed to President Roosevelt
Posted: 26th October 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Angora cats, Cat Stories, Henry L. Stimson, Lulu B. Grover, New York History, President Theodore Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt
Lulu B. Grover loved her two Angora cats almost as much as she adored President Theodore Roosevelt. So when she decided to end her life on December 8, 1906, she first made sure that all the necessary preparations were in place to ensure her cats went to a good home after her death – in other words, the White House.
1900: The Brave and Brawny Black Cats of the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Posted: 17th October 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Admiral's Row, Brooklyn Naval Hospital, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Cat Stories, feral cats, Francis T. Bowles, Kings County Distillery, New York History, William L. Cowan
In the early 1890s, the Brooklyn Navy Yard was overrun with rodents. Almost all the docks in the yard were in need of repair where they had been gnawed by the rats, and the losses in rigging, spare sails, and other wares were also great. Unfortunately, there was not one cat to be found during […]
1893: The Tombs’ Black Cat That Befriended Prisoners on Murderers’ Row
Posted: 12th October 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Featured FelinesTags: Carlyle W. Harris, Collect Pond, Helen Potts, Murderers' Row, New York History, The Tombs
A creepy true tale of scandal, murder, and a cat that made his home at The Tombs prison in Old New York.
